The Path of Technology Diffusion: Which Neighbors to Learn From?
This study uses a panel data set of 25 years over 280 districts in rural India and applies a geographic information systems (GIS) program to investigate the regional neighborhood effect on the rate of diffusion of new technologies. The results show that in the technology diffusion process, the early...
| Published in: | Contemporary Economic Policy Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 470 - 479 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
October 2002
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